Valid publication:
Anagnostidis K, Komárek J. Modern approach to the classification system of cyanophytes 3 - Oscillatoriales. Algological Studies 1988; 50-53:327-472.
Nomenclatural status:
validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
Taxonomic status:
correct name
Emendations:
Suda et al. 2002
Suda S, Watanabe MM, Otsuka S, Mahakahant A, Yongmanitchai W, Nopartnaraporn N, Liu Y, Day JG. Taxonomic revision of water-bloom-forming species of oscillatorioid cyanobacteria. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:1577-1595. Notes:
Suda et al. 2002 propose an emendation of the genus "Planktothrix" which has no standing in nomenclature under the Rules of the Bacteriological Code (1990 Revision). — Planktothrix Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988 is validly published under the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature.
Notes:
Boone et al. (2001) assigned this genus to the class "Cyanobacteria".Publication:
Garrity GM, Holt JG. The Road Map to the Manual. In: Boone DR, Castenholz RW, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria), Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001, p. 119-166.
Hoffmann et al. (2005) assigned this genus to the family Phormidiaceae Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988.Publication:
Hoffmann L, Komárek J, Kaštovský J. System of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacteria) – state in 2004. Algol. Stud. 2005; 117:95-115.
Suda et al. (2002) assigned this genus to the family "Microcoleaceae".Publication:
Suda S, Watanabe MM, Otsuka S, Mahakahant A, Yongmanitchai W, Nopartnaraporn N, Liu Y, Day JG. Taxonomic revision of water-bloom-forming species of oscillatorioid cyanobacteria. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:1577-1595.
The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Oscillatoria Vaucher ex Gomont 1892.Publication:
Gomont M. Monographie des Oscillariées (Nostocacées Homocystées). Deuxième partie. - Lyngbyées. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Botanique, Série 7 1892; 16:91-264.
This taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "Plankrothrix"; "Plankthothrix"; "Plantothrix".
This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP.Publication:
Imhoff JF, Wilmotte A. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes. Subcommittee on the Taxonomy of Phototrophic Bacteria: Minutes of the meetings, 4 August 2015, Tubingen, Germany. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5211.
The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: NIES: 7; CCAP: 4; NIVA-CYA: 2.
Subdivision:
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 20 Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 21 Total number of child taxa: 25